ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 255334
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 October 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | Republic Aviation Inc |
| Registration: | 49-2108 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | One mile South of Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Republic Field, East Farmingdale, NY (FRG/KFRG) |
Republic F-84E-1-RE Thunderjet 49-2018; Written off (destroyed) October 26 1949. Crashed near Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York on a pre-delivery test flight. Reported as "pilot baled out due to mechanical failure". Still with the Republic factory at the time. Pilot Major Jack A Bade
Jack Bade was born on October 9, 1920, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He entered the Aviation Cadet Program of the U.S. Army Air Forces on January 5, 1942, and was commissioned a 2nd Lt and awarded his pilot wings at Luke Field, Arizona, on July 26, 1942. After completing advanced fighter training, he was assigned to the 44th Fighter Squadron of the 18th Fighter Group in the Pacific in December 1942. Lt Bade was credited with destroying 5 enemy aircraft in aerial combat plus 1 probable before returning to the U.S. in September 1943. He served as an instructor pilot until leaving active duty at the end of the war. Jack Bade became a test pilot for Republic Aviation after the war, and was killed in an aircraft collision while flying an F-105D Thunderchief on May 2, 1963. He is buried at the Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1949.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=108462
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4910.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kisco,_New_York
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-May-2021 08:49 | ASN archive | Added |
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